The measurement and organization of illegal drug markets; the role of social capital in criminal careers; criminal networks; criminal achievement; criminological theory; estimating the size of criminal populations.

The sociology of professions; Corporate financial crimes and misconduct; White collar crime; The use of social science research evidence in court; Women in the professions; Feminist jurisprudence, methodology, and perspectives; Criminal law, procedure and evidence; Wrongful convictions.

Economic and corporate crime and corporate regulation, including crimes against the environment; young offenders, youth justice and youth gangs; health law, including mental health law; adult guardianship and adult protection law, including the law relating to public guardians and trustees; abuse and neglect of the elderly; restorative justice.

Comparative criminal justice process and decision making; comparative criminal justice; legal reform and community capacity-building; the design and delivery of effective development assistance initiatives; policing, including strategies for resource allocation and deployment; corrections, including the formulation and application of corrections policy and the effectiveness of correctional interventions.

Criminal law; procedure and evidence; Canadian and international mental health law and policy; criminal law reform; comparative criminal law and procedure; mentally disordered offenders; Canadian criminal justice system; criminal justice history; victims' rights; family violence and the law; plea bargaining; sexual abuse of children and the law; mental disorder defence, fitness to stand trial; international perspectives on criminal justice; sentencing; expert testimony; violence and aggression in mental health facilities; long-term and dangerous offenders; risk assessment and risk management; psychopathy and the criminal justice system; international criminal justice and the International Criminal Court.